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Week starting Saturday, December 12, 2015

Emperors’ Treasures: Chinese Art from the National Palace Museum, Taipei brings to Houston more than 160 works of art that highlight the artistic and cultural contributions of imperial rulers in China.

Find unique holiday gifts! Browse original works of art created by Glassell Studio School students: paintings, ceramics, prints, watercolors, drawings, jewelry, and more. Ornaments also available! Free and open to the public.

Experience the depth and breadth of the Rienzi Collection on this one-hour, docent-led tour. Guests explore the glamour of 18th- and 19th-century Europe through beautiful examples of painting, porcelain, furniture, and metalwork. Free with Rienzi admission.[…]

In this gallery program for visitors who are blind or partially sighted, trained educators use verbal descriptions and hands-on materials to engage participants with the Museum’s art collections and exhibitions.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Contingent Beauty: Contemporary Art from Latin America” Explore a selection of major works by Latin American artists who have made significant contributions to the global art scene in recent[…]

Indulge your imagination! Chill out, relax, enjoy, lie under a tree, and smell the roses through works of art selected from the Museum's collections. Art Bite tours are a series of lively, 20-minute gallery tours that[…]

Sophocles, the ancient Greek playwright famous for his tragedies, once wrote: “One word frees us from all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.” Discover the many faces of love that are on view[…]

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Pleasure and Piety: The Art of Joachim Wtewael (1566–1638)” A remarkable storyteller, Mannerist painter Joachim Wtewael depicted risqué mythological scenes and moralizing biblical tales with equal ease. He was a virtuoso[…]

In this suspenseful and voyeuristic mystery, a photographer (James Stewart) who must use a wheelchair after breaking his leg begins to spy on neighbors out of boredom. The actions of one man he observes (Raymond[…]